Arkansas judge sentences man for health care fraud
By The Associated Press
This article was published February 3, 2012 at 12:17 p.m.
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LITTLE ROCK — A federal judge in central Arkansas has sentenced a man who pleaded guilty to health care fraud to 27 months in prison.
The judge on Friday also ordered Archibong Edem-Effiong to pay back the nearly $1 million that prosecutors say he bilked from Medicare.
Edem-Effiong pleaded guilty to health care fraud last year in exchange for prosecutors dropping the rest of the charges against him and two other co-defendants.
He has 45 days to report to the federal prison system. His attorney, Stuart Vess, says Edem-Effiong is from Nigeria and lives in the Houston area with his wife.
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Ran2133 says... February 3, 2012 at 12:43 p.m.
Yep, I'm sure he will pay back the money he stole!!
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NONSHEEPLE says... February 3, 2012 at 1:15 p.m.
I'm betting that money will never be recovered and probably drawing interest for him while he sits in jail..
"Archibong Edem-Effiong is from Nigeria"???? WHY isn't he being DEPORTED>>>>>?????
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jackalope says... February 3, 2012 at 1:32 p.m.
Well, Josh. The man is likely a US Citizen or Resident Alien. And if we had sent him to Nigeria, he'd be living high on the hog with this money and never punished.
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